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70-80% of H-1Bs are migrant server coolie workers for ultra-cheap mass labor camp shops. The Silicon Valley companies see the entire quota eaten up by those el

70-80% of H-1Bs are migrant server coolie workers for ultra-cheap mass labor camp shops. The Silicon Valley companies see the entire quota eaten up by those el cheapo slave drivers. With a real salary floor, the qualified engineers that serious companies want to import will find it much easier to obtain spots under the quota. The low wage cheaters will be cut out of the lottery and productive businesses will get those slots instead. It's probably the best thing that could happen to companies that want to import actual qualified smart engineers from overseas.

iraphael 10y ago
Which is why I'm left wondering, why is it that "Silicon Valley Is So Nervous About H-1B Reform". Unless the headline is simply clickbait, I don't think the question was answered...
- advisedwang 10y ago
  What the article was moving towards - but never actually said - is that there is a fear that reform will "throw the baby out with the bathwater". For example rather than fixing the rules so that spots go to the right people, changes may just reduce the overall number of visas.
  - nyxtom 10y ago
    Given the approach to the new administration, seems like the generic solution will be to just reduce the number of visas (ahem after revoking 100,000 of them).
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xyzzy_plugh 10y ago
Agreed. I worry that non-engineering fields are going to be at a disadvantage. I know a few doctors who wouldn't make the floor.
- WildUtah 10y ago
  Foreign doctors can't even get licenses to practice in the USA. That's how they prevent getting socked with H-1B floods and maintain the highest wages for doctors in the world. Too bad engineers can't organize like that to protect ourselves.
  - godzillabrennus 10y ago
    "Too bad engineers can't organize like that to protect ourselves." When 19 year old kids build billion dollar companies without finishing a degree it seems insane to even suggest such a walled garden approach to ensuring high wages for engineers.
  - xyzzy_plugh 10y ago
    Define foreign. Canadian doctors certainly can get licenses to practice in the USA.

iraphael 10y ago

Which is why I'm left wondering, why is it that "Silicon Valley Is So Nervous About H-1B Reform". Unless the headline is simply clickbait, I don't think the question was answered...

advisedwang 10y ago
What the article was moving towards - but never actually said - is that there is a fear that reform will "throw the baby out with the bathwater". For example rather than fixing the rules so that spots go to the right people, changes may just reduce the overall number of visas.
- nyxtom 10y ago
  Given the approach to the new administration, seems like the generic solution will be to just reduce the number of visas (ahem after revoking 100,000 of them).
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xyzzy_plugh 10y ago

Agreed. I worry that non-engineering fields are going to be at a disadvantage. I know a few doctors who wouldn't make the floor.

WildUtah 10y ago
Foreign doctors can't even get licenses to practice in the USA. That's how they prevent getting socked with H-1B floods and maintain the highest wages for doctors in the world. Too bad engineers can't organize like that to protect ourselves.
- godzillabrennus 10y ago
  "Too bad engineers can't organize like that to protect ourselves." When 19 year old kids build billion dollar companies without finishing a degree it seems insane to even suggest such a walled garden approach to ensuring high wages for engineers.
- xyzzy_plugh 10y ago
  Define foreign. Canadian doctors certainly can get licenses to practice in the USA.